There were several towns in The Walking Dead by the time the show concluded, with the survivors of the zombie apocalypse slowly but surely on their way to rebuilding some semblance of the society they'd lost. When The Walking Dead began, the living huddled together in the wild, taking whatever shelter they can find in the hope that rescue will come. The Walking Dead's early seasons play out mostly on the road. However, as the survivors adapt to their new, violent surroundings, proper communities begin to emerge. Initially, these settlements were rudimentary dwellings and they quickly fell.

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